The Quakers of Color International Archive For Quaker Schools, Educators, Students, and Scholars Conceived in 2019 by Dr. Harold D. Weaver Jr., the QCIA is a unique, multi-media study-and-research collection documenting the lives of Friends of Color from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America. These videotaped interviews and transcriptions are available to educators, students, scholars, and the general public online, via our host and exhiboitor Haverford College Library Quaker & Special Collections. Interviews Joyce Ajlouny Palestinian American, Bethesda Friends Meeting. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (6 May 2025) Email hccirc@haverford.edu for access! Francisco Burgos Dominican American. Harrisburg Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 10 April 2025 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Oskar Castro Puerto Rican, Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (2 April 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library Joan Countryman African American, Germantown Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Emma Lapsansky-Werner (29 June 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Debby Flack Caribbean British, Godalming Quaker Meeting, UK. Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 28 July 2025 Ayesha Imani African American, Ujima Friends Meeting and Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Emma Lapsansky-Werner 22 April 2022. Harold D. Weaver Jr. African American, Wellesley Friends Meeting Interviewer: Robert F. Cox (26 August 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Kenneth A. Oye Japanese American, Wellesley Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 9 December 2020 Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Carolyne Lamar Jordan African American, West Falmouth Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 19 January 2021 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Maurice Gray Eldridge African American. Swarthmore Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Emma Lapsansky-Werner (22 January 2021) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Paula Rhodes African American, Mountain View Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Emma Lapsansky-Werner on 17 August 2022 June 2019 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Hezron Masitsa Kenyan, Nairobi Yearly Meeting. Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 3 April 2025 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge Indigenous South African, Cape Western Monthly Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. 18 June 2020 | 25 June 2020 Watch and Read Online at UMass Amherst (Part 1 & Part 2 ) Dwight Wilson African American, Ann Arbor Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 29 July 2022 Lauren Brownlee African American Bethesda Friends Meeting Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (7 May 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library Emma Condori Mamani Aymaran, Santidad Amigos Yearly Meeting. Interviewer: Harold D. Weaver Jr. (6 August 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Interview Brian Corr African American, Friends Meeting at Cambridge. Interviewer: Harold D. Weaver Jr. (11 November 2022) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Rashid Darden African American, Friends Meeting of Washington. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (27 May 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library Dancan Sabwa Kenyan, East Africa Yearly Meeting North. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 6 August 2019 Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Diane Rowley African American, Atlanta Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Cooper Vaughn (22 April 2025 | 7 June 2025) Watch & Read Online at HC Library James Varner African American, Orono Monthly Meeting. Interviewer: Harold D. Weaver Jr. (26 August 2019) Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Lawrence M. Jordan African American, West Falmouth Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 14 January 2021 Watch & Read Online at DuBois Library Clinton Petttus African American, Interviewed by Cooper Vaughn on 17 July 2025 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Keith Harvey African American, New England Yearly Meeting of Friends Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 21 November 2022 Samuel Chi-Yuen Lowe Chinese American, Framingham Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 12 December 2022 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Philip Lord African American, Ujima Friends Meeting and Chestnut Hill Monthly Meeting. Interviewed by Harold D. Weaver Jr. on 21 April 2022 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Niyonu Spann African American, Chester Friends Meeting. Interviewed by Mary Crauderueff on 27 July 2022. Watch & Read Online at HC Library Jean Mikhail Zaru Palestinian, Ramallah Friends Meeting. Interviewed in Ramallah, Palestine, by Max Carter on 29 June 2019 Watch & Read Online at HC Library Our Clients

The BlackQuaker Project’s Anti-Violence Resource Guide for Quakers Confronting Systemic Violence The BlackQuaker Project aims, in part, to address the concerns of Quakers of Color. In the USA, at this critical moment, Quakers and People of Color are concerned for their futures. The omnipresence of police violence and uneven effects of the pandemic on communities of color due to systemic racism has resulted in the senseless murders of countless Black people and the increased risk of dying from COVID-19. The BlackQuaker Project has compiled a list of resources (resources to learn about systemic violence, places to donate, and additional ways to support the protests) for the Quaker community, paying special attention to resources that promote the Quaker values of peace with justice and equality with justice. Updated June 19th, 2020. Quaker Resources The Quakers of Color International Archive The Quakers of Color International Archive The Quakers of Color International Archive is a collection of videotaped interviews with Quaker from Palestine to Kenya to the Americas, documenting the stories, achievements, and concerns of Quakers of Color worldwide. This archive, based at the Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst, is useful in understanding the experiences of Quakers of Color from around the world, and it can be found here . We expect to add other media in the near future. Readings from Harvard professors in African American Studies from The Harvard Gazette : Further Readings An open letter to white people just now getting involved in social justice, by Ijeoma Ouma. Letter From a Birmingham Jail , an open letter by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from his time spent in Birmingham jail. In it he writes "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". These books on the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation reading list. The 1619 Project , created by the New York Times, aims to reframe America’s history by centering it around Black Americans and racial injustice. The Urban Institute is a nonprofit research organization that shares their research on social and economic policy with anyone looking to address today’s problems and prevent future ones. Campaign Zero has a multitude of resources and data on their website that they use when advocating for policy solutions. How We Rise , a blog launched by The Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings discusses the challenges and work that needs to be done to tackle structural racism in the US. We found this post from Camille Busette particularly intriguing. Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies by Vilissa Thompson and published by the Center for American Progress. Work in the Intersections: A Black Feminist Disability Framework by Moya Bailey and Izetta Autumn Mobley. Listen What Matters is a documentary narrative mixed with interviews brought to you by the Black Lives Matter movement. The platform creates dialogues promoting freedom, justice, and collective liberation. Strange Fruit , brought to you by NPR and hosted by Dr. Kaila Story and Jason Gardner, explores the topics of pop culture, politics, and life as black and gay in the US. Intersectionality Matters! A podcast hosted by civil rights activist and lead scholar on critical race theory, Kimberlé Crenshaw. Code Switch by NPR talks about race’s role in history to today’s pop culture, and is brought to you by a team of people of color. Watch Free Movies and Documentarie s Educational Videos Available on Streaming Platforms 1/1 Donate WHERE TO DONATE Other Ways to be Actively Anti-Violent VOTE Register to vote here . Find your polling location here . Find your representatives here . The NAACP has set up an easy way to email your House and Senate representatives about COVID-19 justice and criminal justice reforms here . PROTEST Learn how to keep personal safety at protests here Learn how to find protest here Wear a mask! Support Black-Owned Businesses Buy from Black-owned businesses. You can begin to find Black-owned business anywhere in the United States by using the Official Black Wall Street or Support Black Owned directories, though they certainly do not cover all Black-owned businesses. Never Stop Learning Being active on social media and following the news is a great way to find resources, including petitions to sign and people to call for justice. Though there will always be misinformation, it is important to stay up-to-date and engaged on these topics instead of blocking them out. Connect Antiracism Center: Twitter | Instagram Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Black Lives Matter: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Equal Justice Initiative: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The Movement For Black Lives: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Showing Up for Racial Justice: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook The BlackQuaker Project would like to thank all the resources we used while compiling this list, especially the resource lists given by Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard, the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List , and The Harvard Gazette .

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia | New York University | November 2020 Dr. Harold Weaver presented on his forthcoming chapter, “Decolonization and the Cold War: African Student Elites in the USSR in the Early 1960s,” in The Red and the Black: the Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic. Forthcoming University of Manchester Press, UK, Early 2021 at the "Soviet and Post-Soviet Histories of Race" event sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University.

We are thrilled to announce the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum, a first-of-its-kind film festival that aims to educate all about the importance of Quakers of Color who for too long have remained within the margins of the Society of Friends and the wider world. From 12 February 2022, during Black History Month, until Paul Robeson’s 124th birthday, 9 April 2022, we will screen a film centered on a Quaker of Color, with an introduction from a guest expert and a follow-up discussion facilitated by BQP Director Dr. Harold D. (Hal) Weaver. Screenings will take place every other Saturday on Zoom at 1pm ET. REGISTER HERE Our Honorees and Media Click on each to learn more! The Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival is co-sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and co-presented with the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst , the Coolidge Corner Theater , and the Goethe-Institut Boston . Those to be celebrated include: Mahala Ashley Dickerson, Howard Thurman, and Bayard Rustin, three African American Friends featured in Black Fire: African American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights (2011) (edited by Harold D. Weaver Jr., Paul Kriese, and Stephen W. Angell). We will also be celebrating Quakers of Color International Archive (QCIA) Interviewee, South African political leader, anti-aprtheid activist, and newly appointed QUNO-Geneva Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. The festival concludes by honoring prolific artist and human rights activist Paul Robeson and his two centuries of Quaker ancestors. Our first screening will be a unique event, featuring a landmark dialogue between Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge and Palestinian Friend and AFSC General Secretary Joyce Ajlouny, the first two women of color to lead Quaker transnational organizations. The final screening on 9 April will also be presented at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston for a simultaneous online and in-person event. Our Guest Experts Joyce Ajlouney AFSC General Secretary & Palestinian Friend Dr. Stephen Angell Earlham School of Religion Johnny Gibbons Life-time law partner of Mahala Dickerson. Walter Nagle Bayard Rustin’s partner and adopted son Dr. Sa’ed Atshan Swarthmore professor, currently writing a book on African American and Palestinian Quakers Joyce Mosley Researcher and descendent of the Bustill-Mapps-Douglass family Dr. Mark Solomon Eminent historian. Dr. Harold D. Weaver Robeson advocate-researcher for over 50 years Write to us at the theblackquakerproject@gmail.com with any questions about the Festival. Peace and blessings, Dr. Harold D. (Hal) Weaver Director of The BlackQuaker Project

Havana, Cuba | March 2017 Returning to Cuba for the first time since 1988, Hal was in Havana to discuss collaboration between his Quaker ministry, The BlackQuaker Project, and both the Cuban Quaker Peace Center and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center, both in Havana. The first: to draw upon Quaker testimonies of Truth, Equality, Peace, and Justice to offer workshops to Cubans on the lives of Afro-Cubans, including the impact of slavery in colonial Cuba and on contemporary Cuba and the second: to discuss translating and publishing in Spanish our collective anthology, BLACK FIRE: AFRICAN AMERICAN QUAKERS ON SPIRITUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (edited with Paul Kriese, Steve Angell, and Anne Steere Nash.) We are still hoping to reach an agreement with both organizations. Hal did not know what to expect in a Havana he had not experienced in 28 years, previously there in roles as transnational actor using film and tourism to aid international understanding and peace. Fidel, who had hosted a reception that Hal attended with other guests at the 1985 New Latin American Cinema Festival, was no longer there. However, Hal was happy to find that several of the major ideals and accomplishments of the Revolution seemed to be still functioning: the most comprehensive, free universal health-care system--and purportedly the best-- in the Americas; the Cuban Film Institute, which pioneered, in the 1970’s, the international truth-telling movement in films about the nature of chattel slavery in the Americas, in contrast to Hollywood’s romanticizing this exploitative phenomenon; and a free education system that has produced the highest literacy rate in the Americas. Disappointing: witnessing in the tourism industry, in particular, the return of the color bias prominent before 1960. Reuniting with Afro-Cubans in film and scholarship was a highlight of this 10-day sojourn, complementing the meetings exploring collaboration, allowing a slightly better understanding of Cuba, domestically and internationally. A big surprise: encountering at the Quaker Meeting in Havana students and administrators visiting from Westtown School, our Alma Mater.

2024 Pendle Hill First-Monday Lecture

Pendle Hill | May 2018 After spending six weeks at Pendle Hill working on his memoirs, Hal presented a talk entitled: "Black Fire: An African American Quaker Seeker-Activist in a White Supremacist Nation." The talk encompassed aspects of Hal's life that will be discussed in his upcoming memoirs, such as his transnational diplomacy, Quaker ministry, academic pursuits and accomplishments, and activism. A recording of his talk is available above, along with the Powerpoint that accompanied his talk. You are encouraged to listen to the quartet of Paul Robeson songs before viewing the presentation. Paul Robeson Song Quartet - 00:00 / 00:00 Slide02 Slide36 1/36

WHAT WE DO The BlackQuaker Project (1) celebrates the lives and contributions of Quakers of Color worldwide and (2) documents and addresses their concerns. It is an outreach and inreach ministry of Wellesley Friends Meeting , guided by the Quaker testimonies of Truth, Peace, Equality, Community and Justice. TRUTH "Do we need a reminder that our name was first the 'Religious Society of Friends of Truth'?" "Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another." (Gandhi quoted in Facing Unbearable Truths , 2008) PEACE "We must expand our peace testimony, making it more inclusive, more comprehensive. It is much too narrow, ordinarily encompassing only 'direct violence,' that observable, intentional physical or mental violence unwanted by the victim, whether an individual or a collective (e.g., a nation). The major prevailing violence is 'systemic or institutional violence,' which in reality appears to lead to or to cause or to facilitate 'direct violence,' which is usually what we mean when we use the term 'violence.' However, that is only one minor meaning. Hence, we cannot afford to be merely nonviolent but must be 'anti-violent,' as we are 'anti-war.'" (Weaver, Facing Unbearable Truths , 2008) JUSTICE "Without justice there is no peace; even in the absence of open strife there is no peace, only a manipulated lull in hostilities. Justice has two connotations. One is fairness, righteous dealing, integrity; necessary, but not sufficient conditions for lasting peace. The other, to quote the Oxford English Dictionary, is observance of the divine law; righteousness; the state of being just before God. When the bonding force of love unifies the two dimensions, the temporal and the spiritual, the task of the peacemaker is fulfilled. Truth has been established: true justice reigns." (Adam Curle, True Justice: Quaker peace makers and peace making , quoted in Facing Unbearable Truths , 2008). EQUALITY "Our equality testimony flows inevitably from our belief that there is that of God in every person. If we believe in Equality, we must work for Justice. British Friends remind us: 'Are you alert to the practices throughout the world which discriminates against people on the basis of who or what they are, or because of their beliefs? Bear witness to the humanity of all people, including those who break society's conventions or its laws. Try to discern new growing points in social and economic life. Seek to understand the causes of injustice, social unrest, and fear. Are you working to bring about a just and compassionate society which allows everyone to develop their capacities and fosters the desire to serve?'" (Facing Unbearable Truths , 2008) Why The BlackQuaker Project? Why is The BlackQuaker Project needed at this time in history? While Quakers of Color comprise over half the world's Quaker population, little is known about the lives and achievements of Quakers of Color little is known about the contributions of Quakers of Color to Quakerism and to Quakers Quakers of Color are under-represented in leadership roles and grass-root levels in Quaker organizations worldwide, giving little opportunity to impact decision-making and to express and implement their unique perspectives Quakers of Color and their perspectives seldom represent Quakers and Quaker organizations at meetings and conferences of religious bodies, peacemakers and peace builders, academic societies, and ethnic and racial groups worldwide Quakers--and the world--need constant reminders and evolving 21st century interpretations of Quaker testimonies, values, and principles, including Truth/Integrity, Peace, Equality, Community , and Justice, and their application in witness

EDUCATION Educating Quakers and non-Quakers about the contributions of Kenyan and other African and Afro-descendant Quakers Organizing transnational research-and-publications projects aimed at drawing upon Quaker testimonies to facilitate international peace and understanding, long distorted by media and scholarly misinformation and disinformation: The China-Africa-Russia Project and The BlackFilm Project. Visiting Quaker Meetings and ecumenical conferences to share our book, Black Fire: American Quakers on Spirituality and Human Rights . The NEYM Racial, Social, and Economic Justice Committee is distributing copies to all Meetings in New England. Please contact us to schedule a presentation at your Meeting or conference. CORNELL UNIVERSITY SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS | 1969 In 1969, Hal helped conceive and served as director of a multi-disciplinary team of educators at Cornell University of an innovative summer institute, funded by the US Office of Education, that recruited racially mixed, mostly African American teams of teachers, school administrators, and school board members. We felt that bringing that group together, rather than taking individuals, would be the most effective way of implementing what they had learned, so they could go back as a team and reinforce what each had learned, at different levels of the instructional organization. These educators were from major urban areas to learn about and then teach, in innovative ways, especially using film, the relationship between Africa and African America. Our inter-disciplinary leadership team was especially interested in recruiting and impacting those school districts which were transitioning--or attempting to transition--to Black community control of the schools, including ridding the schools of Euro-centric curricula, and the desire to have learning and teaching in the hands of members of the Afro-descendent community. PAUL ROBESON VIDEO LECTURE, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY | 1972 Produced by Rutgers University ITV, Professor Weaver wrote and appeared in this video lecture about Paul Robeson as a synthesis in the semester-long introductory course.

Workshop/Roundtable Discussion at New England Yearly Meeting | August 2018

Current Activities Retrospective Justice in Healing Historical Injustice and Ills: Reparations Defined as “an attempt to administer justice years after the commission of a severe injustice or series of injustices,” we advocate that Quakerism adopt Retrospective Justice as a model for healing historical injustice. Our ministry is providing education on this call to action through e-newsletters, publications, and collaborative lecture-presentations with Friend Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a leader in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, the African National Congress, and transnational organizations. The Quakers of Color International Archive (QCIA) As a study-and-research collection, our archive documents the oral histories of Quakers of Color worldwide through videotaped interviews and transcriptions. Established in 2019, the QCIA is a partnership with UMass Amherst, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College, currently housed in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library of UMass Amherst. For access to these videotaped interviews and transcriptions of Friends of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Latinx descent, please click here . Reforming Quakerism: Developing New Narratives & Models The BlackQuaker Project calls on Friends to take the following steps: Address the inadequacies of the acronym SPICES, which neglects the testimony of justice and constrains our vision of what Quakerism is and what it might be. Move the justice testimony to the front-burner in the Religious Society of Friends. Focus on structural violence–not just direct, visible violence–as we confront today’s domestic and international conflicts. Adopt a model of Retrospective Justice for healing historical injustice. The Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum Since 2021 we have been programming annual virtual screenings and fora to celebrate the lives and contributions of Quakers of African descent. Held over Zoom webinar, these events are free and open to the public with recordings of past installments available to view on our website. Click on the following text if you wish to watch recordings of our 2022 and 2023 events. Publications We remain committed to releasing e-newsletters, pamphlets, and books that give voice to Quakers of Color, both past and present. To subscribe to receive our e-newsletter, click here. To view a full record of all our past e-newsletters click here . To view a selected list of our other publications, click here . Advocacy: Paul Robeson & Bayard Rustin We work to restore Friend Bayard Rustin and Quaker-descendant Paul Robeson–who has been the focus of over 50 years of advocacy and research by Harold D. Weaver, Jr.– to their rightful places in world history. To view Dr. Weaver’s 1973 vintage video-lecture on Robeson, click here . To view our 2024 event, the Bayard Rustin Legacy Forum, click here . Harold D. Weaver & Anne Steere Nash at Guilford College Harold D. Weaver, Jr and Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge deliver a joint orientation on Retrospetive Justice to QUNO-Geneva Staff Collaboration with Quaker Organizations and Beyond We continue to partner with key Quaker and non-Quaker organizations and initiatives, including the American Friends Service Committee, Haverford College, New England Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers), the Friends World Committee for Consultation, and the Independent Working Group for the extended United Nations’ International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024). Click here to see a full list of our collaborators.

Recordings of Our Past Fora: 12 February 2022 | Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge I Am Woman - Leap of Faith: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge In this video you will see the following from the 12 February 2022 screening of the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum dedicated to Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Director of the Quaker United Nations Geneva (QUNO-Geneva) Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn) Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D.Weaver) Post-screening dialogue between honoree Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge & Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Audience Q & A with our guest and honoree. Closing remarks by Dr. Harold D. Weaver Click here watch: I Am Woman - Leap of Faith: Nozizwe Madlala- Routledge . Click here to view the Webinar chat for this event. 26 February 2022 | Howard Thurman Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continued with a screening dedicated to civil rights mentor, preacher, theologian, poet, and author Howard Thurman. Contents : Prelude: African American Freedom Music. Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn). Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Post-screening dialogue between Thurman expert Dr. Mary Wade and Dr. Stephen W. Angell, Earlham School of Religion (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Audience Q & A with our guest experts. Postscript on Retrospective Justice/Reparatory Justice (Susan Spina). Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Click here to watch: Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story . Click here to view the Webinar chat for this event. 12 March 2022 | Mahala Ashley Dickerson Alaska On Line: Red Boucher Interviews Mahala Ashley Dickerson The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continued with a screening dedicated to courageous civil rights lawyer, philanthropist, and Alaska homesteader Mahala Ashley Dickerson. Contents: Prelude: African American Freedom Music. Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn). Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Post-screening dialogue between guest experts, Johnny Gibbons, law partner of Mahala Dickerson, & Taylor Brelsford, Quaker leader in Alaska (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Audience Q & A with our guest experts. Postscript on Justice Testimony (Susan Spina). Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Click here to watch: Alaska On Line: Red Boucher Interviews Mahala Ashley Dickerson Click here to view the Webinar chat for this event. 26 March 2022 | Bayard Rustin Brother Outsider The Story of Bayard Rustin The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continued with a screening dedicated to human-rights-movement leader, author, singer, and social critic Bayard Rustin. Contents: Prelude : African American Freedom Music by tenor Bayard Rustin. Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn). Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Post-screening dialogue between guest experts, Walter Naegle, Bayard’s partner and adopted son, and Dr. George Lakey , scholar-activist and Rustin collaborator (Dr. Harold D. Weaver) . Audience Q & A with our guest experts Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver) Click here to rent: Brother Outsider The Story of Bayard Rustin Click here to view the Webinar chat for this event. 9 April 2022 | Paul Robeson Paul Robeson & His 200 Years of Quaker Ancestors Paul Robeson: "I'm A Negro, I'm An American" 'WHYY/PBS “Movers & Makers: Joyce Mosley, Family Historian' The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum concluded with a hybrid screening dedicated to beleaguered leader Paul Robeson & his 200 years of Quaker ancestors in the USA. Contents : Prelude: African American Freedom Music by Paul Robeson. Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn). Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Post-screening dialogue between guest experts, Joyce Mosley, researcher and descendant of the Bustill-Douglass family; Dr. Mark Solomon, eminent historian and authority on African Americans and the Left; and Dr. Harold D. Weaver, Robeson researcher-advocate for over 50 years (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Audience Q & A with our guest experts. Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver). Click Here to watch: ‘WHYY/PBS “Movers & Makers:” Joyce Mosley, Family Historian.' Click here to view the Webinar chat for this event. We are unable to provide access to the film, Paul Robeson “I’m A Negro I’m An American,” at this time. If you are interested in learning more about this film write to defa@german.umass.edu .